Jeremiah 4:8

Jeremiah 4:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.
• New International Version (NIV)So put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, Lament and wail. For the fierce anger of the Lord Has not turned back from us.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So put on clothes of mourning and weep with broken hearts, for the fierce anger of the Lord is still upon us.

Context of Jeremiah 4:8

6Raise a standard toward Zion, flee for safety, stay not, for I bring disaster from the north, and great destruction. 7A lion has gone up from his thicket, a destroyer of nations has set out; he has gone out from his place to make your land a waste; your cities will be ruins without inhabitant. For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us." 9"In that day, declares the Lord, courage shall fail both king and officials. The priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded." 10Then I said, "Ah, Lord God, surely you have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, 'It shall be well with you,' whereas the sword has reached their very life."

Jeremiah 4:8 word by word

עַל־זֹ֛את חִגְר֥וּ שַׂקִּ֖ים סִפְד֣וּ וְהֵילִ֑ילוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־שָׁ֛ב חֲר֥וֹן אַף־יְהֹוָ֖ה מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For this girdחָגַרchâgar · to girdH2296
• you with sackclothשַׂקώaq · sackclothH8242
• lamentסָפַדsâphad · to mournH5594
• and howlיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
• for the fierceחָרוֹןchârôn chârôn · burning angerH2740
• angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• is not turned backשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725

Cross-references for Jeremiah 4:8

• Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
• Isaiah 15:3in the streets they wear sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears.
• Isaiah 22:12In that day the Lord God of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;
• Isaiah 32:11Tremble, you women who are at ease, shudder, you complacent ones; strip, and make yourselves bare, and tie sackcloth around your waist.
• Joel 2:12"Yet even now," declares the Lord, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
• Amos 8:10I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on every waist and baldness on every head; I will make it like the mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.
• Jeremiah 48:20Moab is put to shame, for it is broken; wail and cry! Tell it beside the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
• Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the day of the Lord is near; as destruction from the Almighty it will come!
• Isaiah 15:2He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn;
• Ezekiel 21:12Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Strike therefore upon your thigh.
• Ezekiel 30:2"Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: "Wail, 'Alas for the day!'
• Isaiah 5:25Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them, and the mountains quaked; and their corpses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
• Isaiah 9:12The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
• Isaiah 10:4Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 4:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Lament and howl - הילילו heililu . The aboriginal Irish had a funeral song called the Caoinian, still continued among their descendants, one part of which is termed the ulaloo: this is sung responsively or alternately, and is accompanied with a full chorus of sighs and groans. It has been thought that Ireland was originally peopled by the Phoenicians: if so, this will account for the similarity of many words and customs among both these people.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Is not turned … - As long as their sins are unrepented of, so long must their punishment continue.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-18Verses 5-18 The fierce conqueror of the neighbouring nations was to make Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled into security by false prophets. The approach of the enemy is described. Some attention was paid in Jerusalem to outward reformation; but it was necessary that their hearts should be washed, in the exercise of true repentance and faith, from the love and pollution of sin. When lesser calamities do not rouse sinners…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The Israelites were in trouble with the Lord and needed to make things right with him. Forming an army or organizing guerrilla bands would be useless. Instead, Jeremiah urged the people to repent by mourning and weeping with sincere hearts (Isaiah 22:12). By using the pronoun us, the prophet seems to include himself in the need for repentance (see Jeremiah 10:24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Nothing is left to the Jews but to bewail their desperate condition. anger ... not turned back--(Is 9:12, 17, 21).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 4:8

• Anger
• Condescension of God
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Sackcloth

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings